Shutter-worker



(No Model.)

D. T. CARE.

SHUTTER WORKER.

No. 597,708. Patented Jan. 25, 1898.

UNITED STATES PATENT -@FFiCE.,

DAVID T. CARE, OF YVEST HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHUTTER-QWORKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,708, dated January25, 1898.

Application filed August 26, 1897.

To (0% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID T. OARE,a citizen of the United States,residing at West Hanover, inthe county of Dauphin and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Shntter-lvorker, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in shutter-workers.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofshutter-workers and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficientdevice adapted to be readily applied to a shutter at the inner hingededge thereof and capable of providing a foldinglhandle for enabling theshutter to be conveniently closed without necessitating the operatorleaning out of the window.

A further obj ectof the invention is to provide a handle which, when notin use, will lie flat against the outer face of the shutter when thelatter is open, so that the device will not be liable to be easilybroken.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shutter-workerconstructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to ashutter, the handle being swung down to its fold-edposition. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal sectional view, the handle being in engagement with one ofthe side notches of the socket. Fig. 3 is adetail perspective view ofthe socket. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of the socket.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the severalfigures of the drawings.

1 designates a socket adapted to receive a ball 2 of ahandle 3 andprovided with perforated ears 4 for the reception of screws or othersuitable fastening devices for securing the shutter-worker to the outerface of the shutter 5 adjacent to thehinged edge thereof, as clearlyillustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanyin g drawings. The socket, whichis constructed of suitable metal, is provided at its front with anopening sufficiently large to per- Serial No. 649,610. (No model.)

'lnlll the handle a to be readily passed through it from the rear inassembling the parts, and the diameter of the ball 2 is greater thanthat of the opening of the front of the socket, so that the ball isretained therein to provide a ball-and-socket connection between thehandle and the shutter. The bottom of the socket is cut away at 6 topermit the handle to swing downward to a vertical position against theouter face of the shutter, so that it will be out of the way and notliable to be broken when it is not in use.

The handle is adapted to be swung upward to a horizontal position, asillustrated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings, when it is desiredto close the shutter, and when in this position it is in engagement withone of a pair of side notches 7, which are located at opposite sides ofthe socket to adapt the device for use on both right and left handshutters.

Each notch is slightly beveled orinclined at its lower side and isprovided with an upper concave shoulder to be engaged by the handle, andit provides a sufficiently positive engagement to permit the shutter tobe readily lifted ed the pintles of the hinges if necessary. The handle,when in engagement with the notch, is arranged at an obtuse angle to theshutter and forms a lever sufficient to enable the shutter to be readilyclosed without necessitating the operator leaning out of the window.

The invention has the following advantages: The shutter-worker issimple, strong, and durable and adapted to be readily applied to eitherright or left hand shutters, and when not in use it is compactly foldedand lies flat against the outer face of the shutter. It is adapted to bereadily grasped without leaning out of a window, and the notches at thesides of the socket prevent the bandle from slipping in swinging orlifting the shutter.

What I claim is- A shutter-worker comprising a handle provided at oneend with a ball, and a socket designed to be secured to a shutter,receiving the ball of the handle and having an opening at its front,said socket being cut away at its bottom to permit the handle to assumea depending vertical position adjacent to the face of the shutter, andprovided at opposite sides In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myown I have hereto affixed my signature in 10 the presence of twoWitnesses.

DAVID T. CARE.

lVitnesses:

JOHN H. SIGGERS, HAROLD H. SIMMs.

